Anja Bye

Anja Bye is a Professor and Research Group Leader at the Department of Circulation and Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). She also serves as a Research Advisor at St. Olav's Hospital's Research Department and Study Program Leader for Pain and Complex Disorders in the Master's program in Clinical Health Sciences at NTNU.

Education:

• Master of Science in Biotechnology (NTNU)
• Doctorate in Molecular Medicine (NTNU)

Research Interests: Her work focuses on cardio-metabolic diseases with a gender lens, particularly in women. Key areas include cardiogenomics, biomarker discovery (microRNA, lipoproteins), genetic determinants of fitness, and translational research linking exercise physiology to cardiovascular health. Collaborations span institutions like Karolinska Institutet, University of Milan, and St. Olav's Hospital.

Publications: Over 40 peer-reviewed articles since 2008, emphasizing microRNA-based risk prediction, genetic fitness determinants, and lipidomics in cardiovascular disease. Recent work includes polygenic prediction models and biomarker validation studies.

Awards: None explicitly listed in provided text.

Advising/Grants: Supervises 4 master's students, 4 fellows, and 1 postdoc. Projects include CorFemina (women's heart disease prevention), CardioFit (genetic fitness studies), and LipidEx (exercise in lipedema). Active in securing multi-institutional grants for interdisciplinary cardiovascular research.

Labs/Teams: Leads the Cardiogenomics Research Group and collaborates with the Cardiac Exercise Research Group. Coordinates multi-disciplinary teams in clinical intervention studies and molecular epidemiology.